KABUL, June 6: The leader of a newly-resurrected Islamic party said on Sunday that a majority of former Taliban government officials want to play a positive role in Afghanistan's future.

"Most of the Taliban, 95 percent of them, wanted peace and stability in Afghanistan and still want it," said the head of the Jamiat-e-Khuddam-ul-Furqan (JKF), Hazrat Ahmed Amin Mojadidi, at his party's relaunch in Kabul.

"They wish to play a positive, moderate role in the future of the country," he added. Denying that he represented fundamentalist views, Mojadidi urged the government to give former Taliban, excepting the leadership, a role to play in the war-torn country's redevelopment.

The government of US-backed President Hamid Karzai has previously said that former low-level Taliban could return to Afghanistan and resume their lives. -AFP